According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTSA), the Labor Day weekend is one of the deadliest times on the road. During the 2021 Labor Day holiday weekend, 531 people died in traffic crashes — 41% of those fatalities occurred in crashes involving a drunk driver.
If you or someone you know is seriously injured in an accident where the other driver may have been drinking, it is important to quickly get to a qualified lawyer to gather and preserve evidence crucial to prove your potential case.
In addition to negligence or wantoness claims against the at-fault driver, if the intoxicated individual was overserved at a bar or a restaurant (a/k/a a "dram shop"), you might also be entitled to recover against the bar or restaurant.
In Alabama, if the establishment sold or provided alcohol to a minor, they may be held strictly liable for their wrongful conduct. On the other hand, if the other driver is of legal drinking age, your lawyer will have to prove that the restaurant or bar served the driver after he or she was visibly intoxicated. Oftentimes this can only be proven with an accurate blood test, eye witness testimony, and the opinion of an expert witness, like a toxicologist.
The lawyers at Cochran Bowers PC hope you and yours have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend.
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Chris Cochran
Cochran Bowers PC
2 Riverchase Ridge, Suite 150
Hoover, Alabama 35244
205-790-8882
The lawyers at Cochran Bowers PC have decades of experience helping individuals who have been injured or harmed through no fault of their own, whether seriously injured in an automobile accident or because they had their home destroyed by termites as the result of fraudulent conduct by their termite prevention company.
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